STEVE (played by Jack Davenport)

Steve is Susan's boyfriend and the father of her unborn child.

Before Steve met and fell for Susan, he had spent some time trying to finish with the "unflushable" Jane, a fact he would discuss frequently with his former flatmate Jeff.

Steve tries to be the voice of reason while talking to his mates over a pint, but more times than not, he stumbles into more complex and ridiculous situations than any of them.

Writer Steven Moffat explains STEVE:
"In the original version of the show, Steve was really as screwed up as Jeff, perhaps even more so. Steve can be just as erratic as Jeff can be and certainly in the first part of the series, he remonstrates Jeff for his madness. At the same time he tells Patrick off for being ruthless with women, and yet the evidence shows that Steve himself is the 'bastard'. For example, he asks Susan out on a date while he's having sex with Jane. He is quite typical of having all the same lusts and appetites as Patrick while also having the nervousness of Jeff and Oliver. He forms a compromise of a politically correct weasel, which helps him believe that he's a decent chap. Actually he's really too frightened of Susan to misbehave!"

STEVE | SUSAN | PATRICK | SALLY | OLIVER | JANE | JEFF